Volume 34 / Number 1-2
1992
Special Edition: Gifts to the Goddesses--Cyrene's Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone
On The Cover: The University Museum team prepares to winch the large late Hellenistic marble statue of a priestess (Inv. 76-1307, Kane Cat. No. 147) up the steep slope of the Middle Sanctuary to flat ground on the Upper Sanctuary for eventual transfer by flatbed truck to its conservation laboratory, Summer 1976. Photo by Donald White.
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By: Janet Monge
Victims of the Quake
An almost complete absence of human remains trapped in the destruction level of the Sanctuary argues that effectively nothing in […]
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By: Donald White
Statue Breakers and Spirit Exorcists: The Earthquake Destruction and Its Aftereffects
The Sanctuary’s later days are marred by acts of violence that form a disturbing contrast with its apparently tranquil preceding […]
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By: Jaimee P. Uhlenbrock
History, Trade, and the Terracottas
Over 4,500 terracotta figurines spanning some 800 years, from the 7th century B.C. to the 1st century of the Christian […]
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By: Donald White
The Sanctuary’s History and Architecture
Archaeologists know from experience that Demeter sanctuaries can be counted on to warehouse large quantities of objects. The worship of […]
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By: Susan Kane
Kore’s Return: Statuary from the Sanctuary
The Thesmophoria are a Greek festival containing mysteries…They are celebrated, according to the more mythical account, because when Kore was […]
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By: T. V. Buttrey
The Coins and the Cult
For centuries the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene attracted the attendance of the faithful, whose dedications included coined […]
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By: P. Gregory Warden
Gift, Offering, and Reciprocity: Personalized Remembrance and the 'Small Finds'
Small finds are the “grab bag” of archaeology; in this category are all the portable objects—explainable and unexplainable—found on sites. […]
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By: Donald White
Preface: Excavations at The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, 1969-1981
Ceres, thou most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and pease; Thy turf y mountains, where live […]
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By: Donald White
Illustrations by the Early Travelers: An Appreciation of a Lost Art
The following 15 North African coastal scenes were executed by four artist-explorers between roughly 1820 and 1865. The geographic region […]
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By: Gerald P. Schaus
Pottery from the Sanctuary: A Question of Function
The Sanctuary of Demeter was filled with dedications, special gifts offered by worshipers, likely with the thought that a pact […]
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